Which is better: elite program at a so-so school or elite school with a so-so program?

MiddleburyDad2
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 19:17:04 +0000

@Zinhead , to Postmodern’s point, the comparison is interesting, but clumsy.

If you took UI or UT stats for general admission, I wonder what would happen. I’m guessing the gap would be much wider. Consider that even Dartmouth cuts its athletes some slack (they do), so the Dartmouth gen. numbers includes people who slid in with “other qualities”. That dilutes things.

And of course, since we’re talking about business, Dartmouth’s Tuck School only serves grad students.

In any event, it is what it is. As I said, Texas and UIUC are very good schools. I would never describe them as “so so”.